Steel barrel



L. B. BEATH ET AL.

STEEL BARREL Filed March 29, 1927 Jan. l, i929o www@ Q@ LANcELo'r Balsam BEA'rn AND 1,citatir gl-"ATENT oFl-ucn.

WILLIAM mex Bm'rn, or ronon'ro, cimitero,l

CANADA.

STEEL BARREL.

The rincip'al objects ofthe invention are, to prodbce a barrel lwith a strong, durable weld vconnecting the body of the barrel wlth the head so that the barrel will stand extraordinary strains Without breaking the joint,

A further and very important object is i to produce a steel barrel'which will present provided 'with a narrow welding edge to a smootliend surface on the chime, thereby obviatinfr the cutting and marring of ioors.

A Stili further object is to simplify the work of welding the' circumferentialV joint on the barrel chime.

The principal feature of the invention consists in the novel construction of the barrel chime, whereby a rigid metal band presenting a s mooth end surface to the chime is which the edges of the barrel body and head are united.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional perspective View of a portion of a barrel showing my improved construction of run and the mannerof forming the body and head preparatory to welding.

Figure 2 is a sectional erspective View showmg the body .and hea rim. j

`In the manufacture of steel barrels the chime has been formed in many different wa s by the rolling of the metal into beads an lock seams and these have been reinforced with rims, but so far as we are aware the only form of sheet metal barrels that would withstand rough usage and heav strains that are put upon it, is that in whic the edges of the barrel and head have been welded together. The edge formed by the weld is rough and presents numerous -serrated projections which cut and tear floor surfaces very badly.

The present invention has been devised to overcome these numerous diiiiculties and the 'metal rim 1 hereshownis formed with a peripheral groove 2 in its outer side and the upper edge 3 of the rim is rounded overand is formed with an outwardly sloping surface 5 which converges to meet the groove 2 in a narrow flange 6. 4

The flange 7 of the barrel head 8 is fitted around the rim 1 and the flanged edge 9 of the barrel encircles the head flange 7 These anges are rolled into the peripheral groove 2 on the ring 1 and the edge 10 of the barrel sheet is substantially ush with the edge 6A welded to the' Application'led March 29, 1927. Serial No. 179,344. I y V .of the rim, while 'the edge 11 of the head both-sides with the metal of the edge 10 of the barrel body and the edge 6 of the rim 1 producing a welded joint 12, such as illustrated in Figure 2.

The im ortant feature is that the three metal sur acesarranged together for Welding arecof substantie ly the same thickness and the metal will flux together under the actirtm olf-the flame to make a very-thorough join n .It is an important feature also that this ]o1nt being arranged on the outer side of the r1m 1 has the entire support of the rim from inward crushing and the stren th of the rim is enhanced by the rolled bead formation of the top edges of the barrel and head.

It will be seen that as the to edge 3 of the rim is smooth and slopes ownwardly and outwardly to the weld,-the said weld will not touch the floor surfaces, as the barrel is rolled on its edge but a smooth contact surface is provided.

'A construction such as described is eX- 95 tremely simple to manufacture and produces/ a barrel of very desirable form.

What We claim as our invention is:

' 1. A steel barrel having the edge of the head flange and the edge of the body turned laterally, and a heavy reinforcing steel rim formed with a lateral ange extending therefrom intermediate of its depth, said ange presenting an edge of substantially the same thickness as the thickness of the body or head metal, the exposed edges of said rim, head and body ilanges being welded together on the side of the rim.

. 2. A steel barrel having the edge portions of the body and head flanges turned laterally outward to expose the edges thereof, and a heavy reinforcing rim formed with'a lateral projecting ange intermediate of its depth presenting a narrow edge which is welded withthe exposed edges of the barrel and head flange in a joint formed on the outward side of the ring.

3. A steel barrel having a chime formed of a rim of heavy cross section having a peripheral groove intermediate o f its depth, the concave wall of which flaresdoutwardly at one side forming a laterally extending flange prep senting a thin edge, a head havin a. flange overlapping said rim, and a'body fitted over said head and rim, the edge portionsof said body and head being rolled into the peripheral groove in the rim with their edges exposed adjacent to the thin edge extremity of said rim ilange, the exposed edges of said head, body and rim being welded together.

4. A steel barrel having a. chime formed of a rim having a rounded edge and a peripheral groove in the wall spaced from said rounded edve and forming a peripheral lian e having a thin exposed edge, and a body and ead having flanged edge portions rolled int-o said peripheral groove with the. ed es thereof exposed, said exposed edges o said flanged edge portions bein united with the vthin edge of sai peripheral ange by fusing all of sa1d edges together. v

5. A steel barrel having a chime formed with a band having a smooth outer edgeand a lateral flange projecting therefrom spaced inwardly from said edge, and a body and head having the edge portions turned laterally to expose the edges thereof, said exposed edges being secured t0 the edge of said inwardly spaced ilange in a fused joint.

LANCELOT BRISBIN BEAIH. WILLIAM DICK BEATH. 

